diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c
index 9c2e65904c0f5e4693114c2bf841ca8ca64e9d05..a645a620ebe296805b04974c460363365d13a6eb 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c
@@ -122,10 +122,8 @@ void rtw_free_mlme_priv(struct mlme_priv *pmlmepriv)
 {
 	rtw_free_mlme_priv_ie_data(pmlmepriv);
 
-	if (pmlmepriv) {
-		if (pmlmepriv->free_bss_buf)
-			vfree(pmlmepriv->free_bss_buf);
-	}
+	if (pmlmepriv)
+		vfree(pmlmepriv->free_bss_buf);
 }
 
 struct wlan_network *_rtw_alloc_network(struct mlme_priv *pmlmepriv)